Myra Sklarew, a poet and teacher who found inspiration for her graceful, meditative verses in the natural world, her Jewish heritage and her early years working with rhesus monkeys at a research lab, ...

The original Soviet-era missiles performed poorly in accuracy tests, but Iraqi modifications made them far worse.

The Muslim world at large, and the Arab world in particular has its own collection of misanthropes who, over many centuries ...

Earleen Fisher, an editor and writer whose career across five decades with The Associated Press gave her a front-row seat to ...

While it is debatable as to exactly which of the many war-mongering lies told by politicians has resulted in the most ...

Here’s What You Need to Remember: As with any counterfactual, it’s difficult to grapple with the full implications of the death of Saddam Hussein during the 1991 Gulf War. A successful..

Twenty-five years ago next month, I invented a spoof TV game show called ASYLUM! Anyone could play, provided they didn’t hold a valid British passport and regardless of whether they had arrived ...

The collapse of Saddam Hussein’s regime, following the US-led invasion, prompted Dr Saleh al-Atabi to flee to Britain and seek asylum Credit: INA/EPA The Ba’ath party was used by Saddam to ...

Inclusivity and moderation are indeed immediate priorities for Syria, but a big national vote is not. Democracy does not itself guarantee peace in a country so recently riven by autocratic rule and a ...

Saddam Hussein's armoury of chemical weapons is on standby for use within 45 minutes, Tony Blair's dossier revealed today. The Iraqi leader has 20 missiles which could reach British military bases ...